Reply #32: BULL.....

[AnneD]

1) Companies run ads with great salaries, etc. You come in and aren't a carbon copy match for their requirements. Oh well-they tried-so know they are freed up to get a HB1 Nurse or Doc that is cheaper. I have had this happen when a Nurse supervisor friend had me apply for a position on her floor and I didn't even make it out of HR, even though I had the skill set she was looking for. So I know first hand this crap goes on.

2) GAO recently estimated that numerically we do have enough Nurses to match openings but will gradual see a decrease with the peak being (I think)2025 as boomer nurses retire. Surveys indicate that Nurses leave because of poor/unsafe nurse to patient ratios (ie like 1 Nurse to 8-11 fresh post op patients instead of the recommended 1 to 4), mandatory overtime, etc. When you are an HB1 visa Nurse, they own your visa-no job no visa. It is hard to file complaints in all but the worst because the Nurses are afraid.

3) Why are they closing Nursing schools in the middle of an ongoing shortage-with long waiting lists for those wanting to get into schools.

There isn't a Nursing Shortage, just a shortage of Nurses willing to work in some of these conditions.